CHICAGO (CBS)-- Starting next week, Shepard High School science students will use solar power to turn used cooking oil into clean biofuel. Students Michael Peretz and Maddy Kachold came up with the ...

Students at the University of Kansas have built what may be the coolest hybrid ever -- a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle–series hybrid that burns biodiesel and gets about 50 mpg. The Super Beetle had ...

The 5-megawatt generator project begun by Oak Ridge North and a consortium of private-sector interests is on-line and making electricity in the city. The generator — a type formerly used to provide ...

MADISON, Minn. — Ten years ago Lac qui Parle Valley High School installed a 225 Kilowatt wind generator that now produces about 25 percent of the energy the school requires. This year the school ...

Ready to launch the first biodiesel-fueled electric generator in the nation, the two-square-mile city of Oak Ridge North is emerging as one of the pioneers in using alternative fuels. The city and its ...